what’s old
photo by Andre Martheleur, August 1985
In performance at Harvestworks’ Public Access Synthesizer Studio, Nov. 6, 1982. The new-fangled Fairlight Computer Musical Instrument—one of the first digital samplers—was used in the performance, and is seen in the background.
David Garland spins a disc on the roof of WNYC’s Municipal Building headquarters in a Spinning On Air promotional shot taken in the early ’90s. The World Trade Center is in the background.
Garland’s first release: a 7-inch single of the songs “I Am With You” and “Don't Shoot,” issued on the German label H.A.S.C.H. Platten in 1985. Cover by Garland, created with MacDraw on an Apple Mac 512.
The notorious Hawaiian War Chant Extravaganza diploma, which was available to listeners who heard all 70 renditions of The Hawaiian War Chant broadcast on Spinning On Air, September 24, 1989.
Stills from performance videotapes of "Here & There," involving projected slides and dance, approx. 1984, and an Oct., 1987 performance in the NYC concert series Performance Mix.
photo by Andre Martheleur, August 1985
Promotional card drawn by Garland for his March 12, 1978 concert of piano improvisations on his “Harbor Scene” theme, at the Kitchen in NYC.
Photo by Joseph Gallus Rittenberg. This was printed as a very large poster promoting one of Garland’s early European tours in the 1980s.
photo by Michel Delsol for the Village Voice, 1986
Collector’s item: Garland’s album “I Guess I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times’ goes for $187.50 on Ebay, March 8, 2005.